Tension boiled over at Tuesday morning’s Cole County Commission meeting, leaving the signing of a towing contract tabled.
The county was set to sign with Broadway Wrecker Service after awarding it a bid last week to be the towing and storage company for the sheriff’s office.
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By CNN staff Peru’s president has been ousted after being censured by Congress, marking the country’s eighth change of leader in nearly a decade of political instability. Peru’s Congress on Tuesday approved a motion of censure against José Jerí by 75 votes to 24 in a move that came just four months after he took
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By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — Multiple failures across different parts of the government caused an Army Black Hawk helicopter to collide with an American Airlines regional jet, operated by PSA Airlines, the National Transportation Safety Board concluded in a nearly 400-page report released Tuesday. The January 29, 2025, midair collision near Ronald Reagan
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hear from Mizzou men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates about how the Tigers plan to get back in the win column against Vanderbilt.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man has died after he was shot Friday night in Osage County. Osage County Sheriff Mike Bonham said Tuesday that the man, previously identified as 45-year-old Jarrod Compton, was pronounced dead just before 10 p.m. Monday. “We are still working the case at this point,” Bonham said when asked about arrests.
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By Eric Levenson, Isabel Rosales, CNN Winder, Georgia (CNN) — Melany Delira-Castaneda was 15 and in her ninth-grade math class at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, when her ear began ringing and she smelled smoke. She stood up and turned toward the door and saw Colt Gray, then 14, pointing a firearm into the
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David Jarrett, 26, was charged with after he allegedly shot a victim in the torso in a Jefferson City home on Friday.
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By Yahya Salem, CNN (CNN) — There’s a sense of urgency in Basim Sabri’s voice as he stands in the middle of a banquet hall at his mall in the heart of Minneapolis, directing the flow of busy volunteers and jovially asking his cooks to be patient as he finishes his call with CNN. Sabri’s
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN Lunar New Year celebrations are in full swing as millions participate in festivities and honor traditions believed to bring good fortune. From giving red packets to ensuring your home is properly prepared, CNN outlines the essential do’s and don’ts to help set the tone for a successful year ahead. Here’s what
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By Billy Stockwell, CNN London (CNN) — Six companies linked to Sarah Ferguson, the ex-wife of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, are to be shut down after the latest release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein revealed the depth of her friendship with the late sex offender, documents show. Ferguson is listed as the sole director of the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who pleaded guilty to a shooting in downtown Columbia is asking a judge to retract his plea during his sentencing hearing Tuesday. Steven Harris, 46, pleaded guilty in January to unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action and stealing a gun for a shooting in downtown Columbia in
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CNN, GETTY IMAGES, POOL, RAINBOW PUSH, STANFORD UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES, WARNER BROTHERS, WJLA By John Blake, Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — The Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, the towering civil rights leader whose moral vision and fiery oratory reshaped the Democratic Party and America, has died, his son said. He was 84. Jackson, a protégé of the
Continue Reading By John Blake, Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — The Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, the towering civil rights leader whose moral vision and fiery oratory reshaped the Democratic Party and America, has died, his son said. He was 84. Jackson, a protégé of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., had been hospitalized in recent months and
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — After losing four decades of his life serving time for a murder he maintains he did not commit, a gray-haired Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam prepared to step out of a Pennsylvania prison last October as a free man. Instead, a day after his charges were dropped, Vedam was
Continue ReadingBy Djenane Villanueva, Rocío Muñoz-Ledo and Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — American surfer Kurt Van Dyke was found dead in an apparent robbery at his apartment in Cahuita, a Caribbean coastal town in Costa Rica, on Saturday. He was 66. The incident was reported around 10:50 a.m. when authorities received a call about a man
Continue ReadingBy Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Palmerston, the black and white feline who rose from the streets of London to the hallowed halls of Britain’s Foreign Office, has died in Bermuda, London’s foreign ministry said Monday. The former ‘Chief Mouser’ of the Foreign Office retired from Whitehall in 2020 but returned to the spotlight in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia City leaders unanimously approved a new design to the Douglass Park basketball courts during Monday night’s council meeting. The city had been having discussions about changing the basketball courts since 2023. It was announced in 2023 that the courts would honor Willie Cox, a former assistant coach of the University of
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CNN, WCVB, WJAR, WHDH, WBZ, @GOVDANMCKEE, X, @GovDanMcKee/X By Elise Hammond, Mark Morales, Danya Gainor, Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — A youth hockey game was violently interrupted Monday when the sound of gunfire echoed inside a packed ice rink in Rhode Island, leaving at least two people dead and three others injured, police said. The
Continue ReadingBy Lex Harvey, Sandi Sidhu and Nechirvan Mando, CNN (CNN) — Australia will not repatriate its citizens with links to Islamic State members, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told the national broadcaster the ABC Tuesday, with blunt advice to families stranded in Syria: “If you make your bed, you lie in it.” His comments followed reports
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — China has ramped up its production of nuclear-powered submarines over the past five years to the point where it is launching subs faster than the United States, threatening to negate a sea-power advantage that has long belonged to Washington, a new think tank report says. The buildup in the
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